The State of the Union: Being a Complete Documentary History of the Public Affairs of the United States, Foreign and Domestic, for the Year 1854 |
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... communication , but essential to its existence . under one government . Separated as are the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States by the whole breadth of the continent , still the inhabitants of each are closely bound ...
... communication , but essential to its existence . under one government . Separated as are the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States by the whole breadth of the continent , still the inhabitants of each are closely bound ...
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... communication al- ready occupied with other matter of immediate public exi- gency constrains me to reserve that subject for a special message , which will be transmitted to the two houses of Congress at an early day . The judicial ...
... communication al- ready occupied with other matter of immediate public exi- gency constrains me to reserve that subject for a special message , which will be transmitted to the two houses of Congress at an early day . The judicial ...
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... communicate with Mr. Soulé . He left Paris in the evening of the 25th , and on his arrival , finding that Mr. Soulé had left Dover , he proceeded to London , where he had an interview with that gentleman . The order forbidding his ...
... communicate with Mr. Soulé . He left Paris in the evening of the 25th , and on his arrival , finding that Mr. Soulé had left Dover , he proceeded to London , where he had an interview with that gentleman . The order forbidding his ...
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... communication , of which I send you a copy . It was sent to the Foreign Office on the 28th , and I have not yet received an answer . It is impossible not to regard this humiliating indignity as deeply injurious , when it is remembered ...
... communication , of which I send you a copy . It was sent to the Foreign Office on the 28th , and I have not yet received an answer . It is impossible not to regard this humiliating indignity as deeply injurious , when it is remembered ...
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... communication of which I send you herewith a copy . I have received no reply , and presume that it will conclude a correspondence which I felt it to be my duty to open without waiting for special instructions from the Presi- dent . The ...
... communication of which I send you herewith a copy . I have received no reply , and presume that it will conclude a correspondence which I felt it to be my duty to open without waiting for special instructions from the Presi- dent . The ...
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Page 250 - That the governor, secretary, chief justice and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the President of the United States. The governor and secretary, to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such, respectively, take an oath or affirmation, before the district judge, or some justice of the peace in the limits...
Page 244 - Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory...
Page 253 - It being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom; but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Page 244 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Page 260 - States, to support the Constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices, which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken; and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said secretary among the executive proceedings; and the Chief Justice and Associate Justices, and all other civil officers in said Territory...
Page 361 - States fishermen by the Convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts, of the British North American Colonies therein defined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty...
Page 249 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the Supreme Court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law ; but in no case removed to the Supreme Court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 247 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil ; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States...
Page 190 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 357 - Gila, to and from their possessions situated north of the boundary line defined in the preceding article ; it being understood that this passage is to be by navigating the gulf of California and the river Colorado, and not by land, without the express consent of the Mexican government.